Vicki Alvarez
MS, BC-DMT
About
Vicki was born and raised in San Francisco, where she began dancing at a young age training in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary, modern, and hip-hop. She danced in companies that gave her opportunities to perform and compete, some including TV shows such as America's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance. After graduating from Cal State Northridge in 2016, where she received her Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology and minor in dance, she furthered her education to pursue a Master's of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. As a board-certified dance/movement therapist, she has worked with various populations such as adolescents, early childhood, special needs, young adults, and elderly with dementia. Vicki is also the co-creator and program director for Let's Dance It Out, a therapeutic dance/movement program for teens and adults with special needs based in Santa Monica. As a spiritual person who believes that the body serves as the unconscious mind, she finds many powerful ways to deepen connection and healing for all through the universal language of movement.